The issue facing Biden and his party is not whether to call Ibarra “illegal,” “undocumented” or a “newcomer,” but whether they intend to protect Americans from gang members.
Tag: immigration
Liberal Elites Against Democracy
One of the great ironies of our present age is that democracy's would-be eponymous outfit, the Democratic Party, has become an enemy of democracy itself.
If America is to Survive, the Sanctuary Delusion Must Go
The current immigration crisis has been called an invasion by many, but it is the result of a deluded sense of obligation to the rest of the world at the expense of our own families and communities.
Democrats’ Open Border Trickery: Gaming the Census
The raw political interest of Democrats is at work in gaming the census numbers to increase the headcount in America’s leftist cities to maintain the political power.
The Gorgeous New Movie ‘Cabrini’ Will Break Your Heart
To watch the film is to look at what once existed through eyes jaundiced by the bitter tears shed in noting what we face in our country and in the Church of today.
Migrant Crime Turning Cities Into War Zones
The Statue of Liberty says, "Give me your tired, your poor." It doesn't say your lawbreakers, brutes, and gang leaders. But criminals posing as asylum seekers are exploiting soft-hearted Americans and terrorizing their cities.
It’s Time to End the Legal Fiction of ‘Asylum’
This strange worship of foreigners has been foisted on America in ways that are unnatural and utterly disabling.
Who Paid the Authors of the Border Bill?
Everything we know about the so-called “bipartisan” border bill suggests that it is has been worked out at the behest of powerful interests that have nothing to do with the will or interests of the American people.
The New Gold Rush—The American Border
What U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents really think about what's happening at our southern border.
The Left’s Convenient Epiphany on Border Security
The anti-borders left will never truly abandon its plan to bring America to its knees through unsustainable levels of illegal immigration. It will only change its spots temporarily, repackaging itself as the solution to the problem it created.
Yes, America Is Being Invaded
Though most of the migrants crossing the U.S. southern border are in search of economic opportunity, some are used as tools by our enemies. The invasion is deliberate.
Texas Is Correct to Defend Its Sovereignty from the Border Invasion
The mass invasion now transpiring at the U.S. southern border is illegal, immoral, and unsustainable. Texas is within its rights to resist it.
Pro-migrant Dems Playing Russian Roulette with Our Safety
Allowing migrants—or anyone—to board airplanes without photo ID, and promoting ID cards that blur the lines between legal and illegal, sabotage us.
The North American Meat Grinder that Used to Be the USA
Stories about immigrant workers being chewed up by machinery are used by today’s globalist propagandists to browbeat readers into embracing a world without borders.
The Madness of King Joe
Six ways Joe Biden has demonstrated his affinity for authoritarianism and his corresponding contempt for the American people.
Trump’s Not a ‘True Conservative’—He’s a Winner
Amoral populism is the future, whether we like it or not.
Our Government is an Unfaithful Spouse
We need a nation of citizen-activists who demand more from their government. The first demand should be simple: prioritize the needs of the citizens already here over those whom the government is recklessly pressing to get into the country.
The Executive Branch Is Deliberately Failing Americans
America cannot afford another four years of an open-borders Democrat administration.
The Folly of À La Carte Immigration Enforcement
America’s political leaders are obligated to enforce all the laws on the menu, whether they like them or not.
Trump, Biden, and the Sham of ‘Our Democracy™’ Laid Bare
As Joe Biden and the elites push a sham narrative surrounding everything from Jan. 6, the principles of American constitutionalism, and even the nature of “the people” itself, Donald Trump stands as a rebuke to them and exposes their hypocrisy and wickedness.
Free Health Insurance for Migrants Is Lunacy
In blue state after blue state, Democrats are pushing to give migrants taxpayer-funded health coverage. It's a knife in the back of hardworking Americans who struggle to pay medical bills.
The Profiteering Migrant-Industrial Complex
Migrants complain about rotten food. The worst rot is inside the Adams administration's handling of this emergency.
What the Border Crisis Reveals About Our Leaders
Instead of taking the responsible approach of admitting sanctuary policies are a failure and reversing course, mayors have taken absurd steps to appear to be leading while maintaining their good standing among those adhering to the anti-borders orthodoxy.
Charles Schumer: Jewish Bourbon
There is little excuse for Schumer’s shock, and his speech on anti-Semitism, delivered in his usual sanctimonious style, was unimpressive. It may have satisfied him. There is no reason it should satisfy anybody else.
Give Us Educated, Skilled Immigrants Yearning to Support Themselves
Biden is welcoming destitute migrants, instead of newcomers who are educated, have job skills to succeed in today's economy, speak English and arrive ready to provide for their families.
Border ‘Gotaways’ are Getting Away from Justice
Since the start of the Biden administration, 1.7 million “gotaways” have entered the country. Many of them are running away from justice in their home countries and bringing their criminality to the United States.
Gaslighting Ireland
No one is persuaded when the media describes as an Irish national an Algerian man who stabs Irish children. The gaslighting may only radicalize people in the end.
A Trump Political Miracle?
If Trump’s momentum continues to build, we may be on the precipice of witnessing a world-historic, resounding affirmation of the people’s desire for self-government, against incredible odds.
Not Even Migrants Want to Live in America’s Dying Cities
America has taken on financial and social debts it cannot pay as a result of excessive immigration, and the consequences of those decisions have adversely affected all but the wealthy elites among us.
‘International Chaos’—Connect the Dots to Biden
Biden's retreat from leadership is in keeping with his long-standing policies and example, with predictable results on the international scene.
Will There Always Be an England?
Recent events raise the question whether an England that has imported so many different peoples of the world is still recognizable.
Sanctuary Delusion Crumbles in Chicago
The experiment of sanctuary cities has gone on far too long and in Chicago, citizens are finally speaking up.
Emboldened Global Jihad Is Final Nail in Coffin of Mass Migration Delusion
Open-borders dolts who have peddled the insane notion that "all cultures are equal" bear much of the blame for rising anti-Semitism.
Democrats’ Noncitizen Voting Scam
Across the country Democrats, like New York City Mayor Eric Adams, are pushing for the disaster of allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections.
Israel, Hamas, and the Death of Liberalism
The bill is coming due for the West’s complacency in believing in that its special inheritance is easily transferable to any and all who arrive from the Third World
Why Henry Kissinger’s Epiphany on Border Security Matters
America desperately needs to exchange activist-inspired utopian thinking on immigration for a healthy dose of Kissinger-style realpolitik.
Liberals’ Dilemma: Immigration or Israel?
American internationalism was shaped by the national origins of Americans themselves, so it’s not surprising it shifts with shifts in those origins.
We Can’t Vote Ourselves Out of This: Organizing a Middle American Resistance
The American right needs a Middle American resistance united in its focus on internal secession and self-government, one that does not rely on national politics or bet on political saviors.
Biden’s Shameless Hypocrisy on Migrant Family Separations
Team Biden is going to great lengths to conceal data on the high and growing number of family separations occurring at America’s southern border, which have resulted from their bad policy and are happening on their watch.
What We Are Reading: August 2023
Immigration proponents make obvious contradictory claims. They repeat endlessly that recent immigrants are integrating just as fully as earlier immigrants did. Yet they also want to turn the idea that “America is a melting pot” into a prohibited microaggression. If it really is happening, why is it a moral crime to mention it? They lose...
A Midwestern Morass
Now that they hold the levers of power by a slim majority, Minnesota Democrats are cramming far-left bills through the legislature, showing what an assertive American left is willing to force upon its minority conservative population.
Destroy the Mexican Drug Cartels
It is past time to focus in earnest on extirpating America's massive problem south of the border.
Auf Wiedersehen, America
The America of today gives the impression she is resigned to her decline and weary of her values—not least of which is too much freedom for criminals to enjoy equal rights with the rest of us.
Vivek Ramaswamy and the Propositional Nation
The latest Republican to announce his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election offers a vision of the American identity as a set of ideals rather than a shared historical experience.
Social Conservatism Isn’t Enough. Culture Matters, Too.
No one’s coming to save us—certainly not illegal immigrants. It’s up to Americans to right the ship.
The Real American Dilemma
This remarkable editorial by Chronicles’ longest-serving editor offered one of the first and best analyses of America’s immigration problem.
Why Does the GOP Elite Hate Its Own Base?
The scorn of the GOP elite for rank-and-file Republicans is simply unsustainable for the party.
Is ‘Our Democracy’ Failing Our Country?
Millions of Americans are coming to see our incumbent regime, "our democracy," as failing in its foremost duty—to protect and defend our country from enemies foreign and domestic.
Polemics & Exchanges: July 2022
Letters from readers about Chronicles articles "Revolt of the Fatherless," "America's 'Female Future' Has Open Borders," and about the war in Ukraine.
End of Empire, End of Manners
The imperial world offered an elevated ideal that has been lost, along with good manners.